CVE-2015-8550
CVSS V2 Medium 5.7
CVSS V3 High 8.2
Description
Xen, when used on a system providing PV backends, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain privileges by writing to memory shared between the frontend and backend, aka a double fetch vulnerability.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2015-8550
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2016-04-14T14:59:04
- Last Modified Date
- 2017-11-04T01:29:12
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C
- Access Vector
- LOCAL
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- SINGLE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- COMPLETE
- Base Score
- 5.7
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 3.1
- Impact Score
- 8.5
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 8.2
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 1.5
- Impact Score
- 6
References
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8550 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8550 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 08:12:34 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 08:59:36 | 2016-04-14T14:59Z | 2016-04-14T14:59:04 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 08:59:36 | 2017-11-04T01:29:12 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 08:59:36 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |